Some remarks on the geodynamics of the Italian region

Periodico di Mineralogia

Volumn 73, Issue SPEC. ISSUE 1, 2004, Pages 7-27

  Mattei, Massimo ^a   D'Agostino, Nicola ^b   Faccenna, Claudio ^a   Piromallo, Claudia ^b   Rossetti, Federico ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Back arc basin; Central Mediterranean; Geodynamic; Present day kinematics; Subduction; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750345958     PISSN: 03698963     EISSN: 22391002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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